moti magri udaipur, Sarada Travelogue

Here is a picnic spot in the Udaipur  steeped in history.  On the lake shore of Fateh Sagar is the place where the legend of the Maharana Pratap and his brave Arabian Horse Chetak  is kept alive as a Memorial.  The beautiful horse statue adorns the median i n the udaipur city and is lit beautifully in the night.
The rest of the photos were taken during the boat ride at the Fateh Sagar Lake


Information from the web.

 Moti Magri ("Pearl hill") is a hill  overlooking the Fateh Sagar Lake in the city of Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Atop the Moti Magri or Pearl Hill is the memorial of the Rajput hero Maharana Pratap, which has a bronze statue of the Maharana astride his favourite horse "Chetak".  Statue of Maharana Pratap of Mewar, commemorating the Battle of Haldighati.


Maharana Pratap Memorial was initiated in the twentieth century by Pratap sabha Maharana Bhupal singh of Mewar, which was carried over and completed with the help of a public trust.

 The Bravery Tale of Maharana Pratap

·         In 1576 the battle of Haldi Ghati was fought between the Mughal Emperor Akbar and Rajput king Maharana Pratap, when the Akbar decided to invade the Rajput dynasty.
·         Akbar army included 2,00,000 soldiers that outnumbered the 22,000 soldiers of Maharana Pratap’s army.
·         In spite of the compact army Maharana Pratap fought true, he stood to his principles and chose to fight fair when getting a chance to easily execute the Mughal army general Raja Man Singh on his jungle hunting session.
·         The soil of Haldi Ghati turned red due to the blood spilled from the soldier’s bodies. If you plan to visit Haldi Ghati, don’t forget to notice the red-soil.

The Loyality Tale of Chetak

·         In the battle of Haldi Ghati, the ride of Maharana Pratap was his beloved horse Chetak.
·         The Mughal army general Raja Man Singh was seated on an elephant, it was difficult for Pratap to reach him; when Chetak jumped and rested the front legs on the elephant’s trunk, tearing it apart. Pratap then launched his laced sword towards the elephant rider and executed him.
·         When Chetak’s leg landed on the elephant’s trunk, it crippled on of his legs.
·         Despite of the injury, when Chetak realized that his master is wounded and needed to be rescued from the battle, he ran towards a safe place with Pratap on his back, he also jumped a water stream with his crippled leg.
·         After crossing the stream, he fell on the ground, and died on the spot.
·         Maharana Pratap built a memorial on the same spot as a tribute to his loyal mate.






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Giving back to Society

When I joined Rotary Club of Chennai Thiruvanmiyur , I didnt understand what changes a club can make to somebody unknown. Our club had taken up Adult Literacy program in a very remote village near Pondi , which is quite far away from our city. While the project objectives were good, the distance and the way the then President had taken this project unilaterally, made all of us not to think too much of it. But a Project is a Project done with a Goodness. This is a such a remote village, where the main occupation of the people is fishing in the nearby Pondi reservoir . That is also halted when the Krishna waters comes into the reservoir . When the program was started it was with reluctance that the people joined. The President came up with the idea to give one kg of rice to the people who are attending the program, whenever he visited them. That became the great motivator as for people who dont know when their next meal will be or where it will come from - it became a boon ...
Read more

IT SME FORUM

About 7 months back a group of Entrepreneurs from Chennai who had a common thread of running their software companies got togehter to form a cohesive group - The IT SME FORUM - as a Strategy to accelerate their individual growth through synergy. Each one of these entrepreneurs are successfully running their software companies fighting individual battles to keep the company up and running, maintain a steady growth rate, increase their customer base, etc. Running a company in India is not a easy task - it is literally getting pulled in thousands of direction and believe me - A business leader is supposed to concentrate only on Growth - Marketing - Sales. But I have found that typically in the Indian environ, we get pulled into operations and managing to spend some time for the most crucial aspect of the business. This gave rise to the idea - why not have a platform to share the best practices, to learn how to tackle problems, get a better voice and get a big bandwidth in terms of out rea...
Read more
Thanks to Aravind who wanted me to write about the Temple at thiruvotriyur in chennai. that was one of those days when you get up early in morning and the whole world looks very frustrating and you dont know what to do. it became a God send message to me. So started my preparation to go the temple. I reside in the south chennai and the the Temple is at Thiruvotriyur in North Chennai. and the travel time will be more than 1.30 hours. So we started at 10.30 and reached around 11.45. The temple closes at 12 noon after the mid day pooja. What a divine visit it was. I came back so calm and filled with energy. This is a Shiva temple and the God is known as Tyagarajar, Adipureeswarar and Padampakka Nathar. The main deity is said be in the form of Lingam formed of Mud which is covered with Golden cover sheet. Once a year during Karthik Poornima, the Gold cover is removed and the necessary abishekam is performed and the once again the Lingam is covered with all the medicinal materials. His conc...
Read more